Comment by BARADAN KUPPUSAMY - The Star
Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat could have taken the easy way out and swept the PKFZ issue under the carpet. Instead, he chose the more difficult path in the name of greater accountability and transparency.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
"Bahasa Burung"
Saya pernah dengar selesema burung atau dikenali sebagai Avian Influenza, sejenis selesema yang menyerang burung, adakalanya menyerang manusia juga.
Jarang saya dengar "bahasa burung" kerana manusia nak dengar dan faham "bahasa burung" itu agak susah. "Bahasa Burung" itu selalunya kasar dan menyinggung perasaan!
Saya fikir dengar bahasa mimpi itu lebih sedap, bahasa mimpi itu cakapan semasa tidur dan mimpi, kita biasa tidur dan mimpi, kadang-kadang bila kita tidur, otak masih aktif dan fikir, kita mimpilah dan kita pun cakap, itu bahasa manusia, OKlah tapi "bahasa burung" itu, eh, sakit telinga!
Otak sudah jadi otak burungke baru boleh cakap "bahasa burung"?
Saya berkesempatan baca "bahasa burung" dalam satu lapuran Merdeka Review. Dalam lapuran itu, seorang pemimpin menasihatkan seorang pemimpin lain jangan cakap "bahasa burung". Berikut ini lapurannya:-
一理事叫张庆信别讲“鸟话”,砂州民进党否认有意“西渡”
Jarang saya dengar "bahasa burung" kerana manusia nak dengar dan faham "bahasa burung" itu agak susah. "Bahasa Burung" itu selalunya kasar dan menyinggung perasaan!
Saya fikir dengar bahasa mimpi itu lebih sedap, bahasa mimpi itu cakapan semasa tidur dan mimpi, kita biasa tidur dan mimpi, kadang-kadang bila kita tidur, otak masih aktif dan fikir, kita mimpilah dan kita pun cakap, itu bahasa manusia, OKlah tapi "bahasa burung" itu, eh, sakit telinga!
Otak sudah jadi otak burungke baru boleh cakap "bahasa burung"?
Saya berkesempatan baca "bahasa burung" dalam satu lapuran Merdeka Review. Dalam lapuran itu, seorang pemimpin menasihatkan seorang pemimpin lain jangan cakap "bahasa burung". Berikut ini lapurannya:-
一理事叫张庆信别讲“鸟话”,砂州民进党否认有意“西渡”
Sunday, August 9, 2009
When you meet someone who is really frank......
7 August was a special day for me, for I was able to meet one of the residents in Mentakab, sat in his car and accompanied to visit a location, part of a road which was complained several years ago(I was not even a wakil rakyat then) and had not been attended since then.
That morning, when I reached my office premises and before entering the office, I met him, after talking for a while, he introduced himself, then only I realized he is one of the prominent lawyer in Mentakab, Mr Karam Singh.
During our conversation downstairs, he was very critical about BN yet all this while he supported BN(I supposed till 2008 election). Nowadays, it's not easy to meet people who is willing to tell you frankly that he is critical about you or your party. People may either shun you or keep to themselves what they think about you or your party. I listened patiently about his annoyances about BN and the words he used may be a little bit harsh, however i still listened. As a wakil rakyat, under such situation, some may have simply turn away and rather not continue the conversation/listening, I respected him as a senior and I listened patiently.
Finally, he mentioned about a dissatisfaction which he did complain before(several years back) and he invited me to go into his car and have a look at what he has described.
I went into his car and he drove me to the location to see what he has described.
After inspecting the conditions of the road and the surroundings, I agreed that those portion of the road are neglected, there are pot holes here and there, and I noticed that the road were not resurfaced since those houses were built in the 90's. I was surprised also to see that the road in front of the new double storeys terrace houses was also not resurfaced, I supposed this road should be resurfaced since the houses are newly built.
It is the duty of the housing developer to resurface the existing road and the duty of the Majlis Perbandaran to oversee that the job is done rather than letting go the developer. I can understand why some rakyat are angry, these unscrupulous developer at the expense of the people and cheating on the government to make their money.
After coming back back from the visit, I called the Jurutera Majlis Perbandaran to request some fund to attend to the request of the residents and also wrote a letter formally requesting the attention and work to be done.
There is one thing worth mentioning, before I left Mr Karam Singh, he held my hand and put on his chest and thanked me for willing to listen to his grouses and came along to have the visit.
During then, i could hear the Sikh prayer playing through his car cassette. He is a religious man and a nice man although sometimes he may use harsh words, however I still considered it to be my lucky day to be able to meet someone who is critical about my party and yet frank to tell me that.
That morning, when I reached my office premises and before entering the office, I met him, after talking for a while, he introduced himself, then only I realized he is one of the prominent lawyer in Mentakab, Mr Karam Singh.
During our conversation downstairs, he was very critical about BN yet all this while he supported BN(I supposed till 2008 election). Nowadays, it's not easy to meet people who is willing to tell you frankly that he is critical about you or your party. People may either shun you or keep to themselves what they think about you or your party. I listened patiently about his annoyances about BN and the words he used may be a little bit harsh, however i still listened. As a wakil rakyat, under such situation, some may have simply turn away and rather not continue the conversation/listening, I respected him as a senior and I listened patiently.
Finally, he mentioned about a dissatisfaction which he did complain before(several years back) and he invited me to go into his car and have a look at what he has described.
I went into his car and he drove me to the location to see what he has described.
After inspecting the conditions of the road and the surroundings, I agreed that those portion of the road are neglected, there are pot holes here and there, and I noticed that the road were not resurfaced since those houses were built in the 90's. I was surprised also to see that the road in front of the new double storeys terrace houses was also not resurfaced, I supposed this road should be resurfaced since the houses are newly built.
It is the duty of the housing developer to resurface the existing road and the duty of the Majlis Perbandaran to oversee that the job is done rather than letting go the developer. I can understand why some rakyat are angry, these unscrupulous developer at the expense of the people and cheating on the government to make their money.
After coming back back from the visit, I called the Jurutera Majlis Perbandaran to request some fund to attend to the request of the residents and also wrote a letter formally requesting the attention and work to be done.
There is one thing worth mentioning, before I left Mr Karam Singh, he held my hand and put on his chest and thanked me for willing to listen to his grouses and came along to have the visit.
During then, i could hear the Sikh prayer playing through his car cassette. He is a religious man and a nice man although sometimes he may use harsh words, however I still considered it to be my lucky day to be able to meet someone who is critical about my party and yet frank to tell me that.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
报载有一些淡马鲁新村村民签署反对陈世昌担任淡马鲁新村村长。
发生这样的事情，是令人感到遗憾的。
遗憾是因为有一些村民在受误导的情况下，签署反对是项委任。
其实，有些人不明白，委任华人新村村长是马华的权力，是通过支会接纳，区会认同，呈上州联委会面试，州行政议会接纳通过委任的。是马华支会主席，区会主席，州行政议员，州务大臣等认同之下委任的。
我们平时只听到马华本身内部领袖反对任免马华本身的某个职位，哪有外人来干涉马华内部事物的！假如是这样的话，我们是否可以反对某某担任一个社团的会长什么的？
可以肯定的是有“反对党”在搞鬼。假如反对有理，是不是在民联执政的州属，委任新村村长时，马华党员也要群起反对呢！这是会给人笑话的！到底“反对党”懂不懂这样的逻辑！
OK，假如这所谓“反对党”有马华党员的话，那么，话说得重一点，这些人就不配成为马华党员了,因为这是不分彼此,跟反对党同一个鼻孔出气了！肯定马华党员里有反对派，那是合理的。哪个党派内部没有反对派的！
陈世昌是新人，一家人在淡马鲁居住，在淡马鲁开店做生意，有意为马华服务，为民众服务，马华要吸引这样的人才，马华也正需要这样的人才。“反对党”当然不希望看到这样的人才为马华服务！
对执政当局来说，担任党职的人，必须是受欢迎的人物，是受社会群众欢迎的人物。陈世昌刚受委任村长，就如此打击他，都还没有给他机会表现，就打击他，在他母亲刚过世，就如此打击他，是不是很过份呢？
况且，在陈世昌担任医院巡察员期间，也大力协助病黎及有关人士，协助州议员处理有关对医院的投诉,获得本人的赞赏，我相信他会很好的扮演村长的角色！
话说回来，假如他不能扮演好村长的角色，不满的村民到时候可以写信来告状，给支会领导，给区会领导，给行政议员，给州务大臣，也可以拉布条，派传单。
这是民主社会，只要不扰乱民心，不妖言惑众，不违反法律和条例，有一点点的普通常识，你要做什么不可以呢？
反对我们委任村长吗？
当然，好的意见，我们愿意听取，我们愿意改进，不过，别无理取闹！
Rakyat Didahulukan Dan Pencapaian Diutamakan.
Petang tadi, kami adakan satu mesyuarat di Pejabat ADUN Mentakab, berbincangan mengenai masalah tuntutan seorang tuanpunya tanah yang berasal dari Tg Kerayong Mentakab yang ikut katanya jalan yang sedia ada telah mecerobuhi tanahnya di sebelah jambatan Tg Kerayong Mentakab. Jalan yang digunapakai ini sebenarnya telah wujud sejak 1992.
Beliau menuntut sebanyak RM 20,000 pampasan daripada mereka yang terdiri daripada pekebun kecil, pemaju-pemaju pekebun, penoreh-penoreh getah dan lain-lain yang mengunakan jalan itu setiap hari. RM 20,000 itu satu jumlah yang besar. Kami kena kenalpasti bahawa jalan yang dikatakan terceroboh itu betul-betul tanahnya. Jumalah yang dituntut itu pun kena dibincang semula dengan mereka yang menggunakan jalan tersebut.
Selepas perbincangan di Pejabat ADUN, kami bertolak untuk membuat lawatan tapak. Dengan menggunakan bacaan meter kereta saya, saya dapati jarak yang dikatakan dicerobohi itu lebig kurang 300 meter. Walau bagaimana pun, saya juga difahami, jalan itu mungkin terletak di atas tanah yang tuanpunya yang berlainan. Oleh itu, saya minta Tok4 En Mubin dan wakil pekebun kecil untuk mengadakan pengukuran sempadan dengan kerjasama pegawai dari Pejabat Tanah dan JKR demi memastikan sempadan sebenar supaya tidak mengelirukan dan tidak mendatangkan masalah kemudian, sempena mencari penyelesaian masalah tuntutan ini.
Pada masa yang sama, kami juga menghubungi pegawai teknikal dari Pejabat Daerah untuk memastikan jalan alternatif dan membuat anggaran kos mungkin terlibat sekiranya perlu adakan jalan alternatif pada masa depan.
Semasa berada di situ, kami juga meninjau keadaan struktur Jambatan Tg Kerayong yang melintas Sg Semantan dan didapati maintenance perlu diadakan secepat mungkin untuk menjamin keselamatan pengguna jambatan tersebut. Kelihatan hakisan tanah disebelah jambatan memang serius dan pegawai JPS telah pun membuat lawatan dan sedang mengambil tindakan memperbaiki keadaan.Kerajaan memang sentiasa peka kepada kehendak rakyat.
Rakyat Didahulukan Dan Pencapaian Diutamakan. Harap perkara seperti ini dapat diselesaikan secepat mungkin.
Beliau menuntut sebanyak RM 20,000 pampasan daripada mereka yang terdiri daripada pekebun kecil, pemaju-pemaju pekebun, penoreh-penoreh getah dan lain-lain yang mengunakan jalan itu setiap hari. RM 20,000 itu satu jumlah yang besar. Kami kena kenalpasti bahawa jalan yang dikatakan terceroboh itu betul-betul tanahnya. Jumalah yang dituntut itu pun kena dibincang semula dengan mereka yang menggunakan jalan tersebut.
Selepas perbincangan di Pejabat ADUN, kami bertolak untuk membuat lawatan tapak. Dengan menggunakan bacaan meter kereta saya, saya dapati jarak yang dikatakan dicerobohi itu lebig kurang 300 meter. Walau bagaimana pun, saya juga difahami, jalan itu mungkin terletak di atas tanah yang tuanpunya yang berlainan. Oleh itu, saya minta Tok4 En Mubin dan wakil pekebun kecil untuk mengadakan pengukuran sempadan dengan kerjasama pegawai dari Pejabat Tanah dan JKR demi memastikan sempadan sebenar supaya tidak mengelirukan dan tidak mendatangkan masalah kemudian, sempena mencari penyelesaian masalah tuntutan ini.
Pada masa yang sama, kami juga menghubungi pegawai teknikal dari Pejabat Daerah untuk memastikan jalan alternatif dan membuat anggaran kos mungkin terlibat sekiranya perlu adakan jalan alternatif pada masa depan.
Semasa berada di situ, kami juga meninjau keadaan struktur Jambatan Tg Kerayong yang melintas Sg Semantan dan didapati maintenance perlu diadakan secepat mungkin untuk menjamin keselamatan pengguna jambatan tersebut. Kelihatan hakisan tanah disebelah jambatan memang serius dan pegawai JPS telah pun membuat lawatan dan sedang mengambil tindakan memperbaiki keadaan.Kerajaan memang sentiasa peka kepada kehendak rakyat.
Rakyat Didahulukan Dan Pencapaian Diutamakan. Harap perkara seperti ini dapat diselesaikan secepat mungkin.
Monday, August 3, 2009
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